Referring to any single human being as evil is ridiculous. The things that all humans are capable off is beyond imagination. There are so many things that humans of all backgrounds have done that could be perceived as evil, but that misses the point. There is an almost natural cruelty and hatred in human behavior that if pushed out will result in a otherwise sane person doing unimaginable things. Psychological studies have shown this again and again. To believe otherwise is to really live in a fantasy world. In society with set norms and taboos humans can function “normally” but when that understanding is changed, or the taboos lifted, it can “change” the people as well. People say to kill once removes the taboo, and killing again is no longer a “big deal”. It’s incredibly sad but true.
This is so off topic, but it relates to what I said earlier. The Nazi’s worked by slowly normalizing certain behaviors. Hitler didn’t come out and tell the masses immediately that he wanted to exterminate the Jews. To my knowledge it was never actual even spoken to the German public (though many likely knew to a degree after a while). Regardless, he gradually introduced the notion of what Nazi’s stood for, until he had created a new idea of what being a Jewish person was and what being Jewish should mean to Germans. Gradual acceptance is the thing you should fear. That is why Persian people get offended by 300. The film is directing viewers who rarely know anything about the actual people, into gradually coming to a understanding that there is something wrong with these people. Unlike the Nazi’s, there is not one sole force trying to achieve this, but it has become a cultural understanding. You need people to speak out about these things to keep them in check, and keep some norms and guidelines for a society. Some things HAVE to be taboo, so that we feel ashamed in participating in them, in this case, racism.
